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Cheating-free exams not possible in Bihar: minister

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Education Minister P.K. Shahi

Patna: Bihar’s exasperated Education Minister P.K. Shahi admitted on Thursday that cheating-free examinations were not possible in the state, minus the cooperation of students’ parents.

More than 1.4 million students are appearing in the Class 10 board examination amid widespread reports of mass copying and cheating.

Shahi admitted to the media that holding “free and fair exam” was a big challenge for the Bihar government.

“The government cannot stop cheating in exam,” he said. “It is also the responsibility of the society to ensure a cheating-free exam.

“More than the government, the parents and guardians of students should come forward (to end mass cheating),” he said.

The minister expressed the government’s helplessness to hold a cheating-free exam.

“It is not possible to fully stop cheating during exams or hold exams where students don’t go for unfair means.”

Shahi said the situation in Bihar was so bad that at least four to five people helped every student to cheat.

“First, I appeal to parents and guardians to stop cheating to help the government ensure free and fair exams,” he said.

In the last three days, more than 600 students, caught cheating in the board examination, have been expelled, an official said on Thursday.

“The students were expelled on charges of adopting unfair means,” said Lalkeshwar Prasad, chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), which is conducting the examination.

Officials said over 1,000 students were caught cheating in examination in three subjects, including mathematics and English, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

But only a little more than 600 of them were expelled.

Cheating during examinations is rampant in Bihar. Attempts to stop mass copying often triggers violent protests.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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